She was closely watching Nick and the other guys when her cell phone began to ring,
�Hello?�
�Heard Nick chewed your ass out last night in D.C.� And with that the terror campaign had started. She closed her phone and put a smile on her face. The phone rang and everyone looked over at again. There were mild curses and heavy sighs.
�Can you turn that phone off?� Scott the ever a pain in her ass tour manager hissed near her,
�I�m sorry.� She didn�t bother to answer it; she simply silenced the ringer and walked out. This crap was all too much to bear. It was getting old. She heard the familiar beep notifying her she had a message waiting for her retrieval. She sat down in the dressing room where she and Nick had just had their wonderful moment,
�Guess the gravy train is about to come to a halt.� She didn�t bother to listen any further, she didn�t bother to say anything. She knew they were simply going to hang up.
Why did it have to happen to her? What had she ever done? Love someone who was famous? Her first instinct was to run as far and as hard as she could but after what happened in DC that was the last thing she could do.
She went through her phone and looked at the familiar numbers,
�Hello?�
�Hi Carrie. I wasn�t sure if you�d be home.�
�So why�d you call?� Her sister was taking the teenage attitude way overboard. She was beyond moody.
�Carrie, I just took a chance. What's your problem?� She could hear her sister execute a perfect bubble-popping intake of air,
�Could you stop popping that gum like that?�
�What do you want?�
�Am I bothering you?�
�Yeah, with all these questions in response to what I�m doing. But ok sorry. What is it you want to talk about. They way you�re getting ripped by the fans?�
�How do you know that?� There was no way her sister could know about the phone calls.
�There is a site. Its dedicated to hating you and why you suck and why you aren�t good for Nick. I have to hand it to these girls whoever they are. They are a lot smarter than all the Willa haters. If you ever checked your e-mail you�d see I emailed you the link a few days ago.�
�Well when I didn�t reply or call why didn�t you call to see if I�d gotten it?�
�Shayna I�m not your keeper. Besides, I�m a senior I have a busy life.� She sighed,
�Whatever Carrie. I�ll talk to you later�when you�re not a moody pain in the ass.� She wished she had her laptop with her but it was back at the hotel. She would just have to wait and see it when they got back to the hotel. Damn, she thought, they weren�t going back to the hotel. They were leaving directly from the venue to the next city.
If she hadn�t fucked up in DC she wouldn�t have to be here at this moment. She would have been able to relax but she knew she had to make it up to Nick and she knew Nick would feel more comfortable with her near.
She let Nick know she was headed to the bus; she was bored and she was tired of roaming around the building. He seemed a bit wearily of her not being in his line of sight.
�Nick, I�m not a kid. You don�t have to hold my hand to keep me from getting lost. I�m just going to the bus. I won�t even take a joy ride.�
He seemed to be a bit annoyed by her comments but just a little. He knew he was holding on tight. She grabbed her laptop; thankful Nick thought of a bus that had everything to make her first extended trip on the road as comfortable as possible. Wireless Internet on a bus, who would have known.
She searched through all the spam, e-mail from friends, vendors and such until she found one from her sister. She opened the email and briefly read her sister�s words telling her she had her own website dedicated to telling the world how horrible she was.
She clicked on the link and it didn�t take long for the page to load. The thing that surprised her the most was the professional look. It wasn�t some childish attempt calling her ugly and all kinds of things that happened to Nick�s previous girlfriend. When she first started dating Nick, Carrie showed her the websites so she could see what she was getting herself into.
They ran down how hard it is for Nick to have a good relationship with a good person because there are so many women waiting to take advantage of him. There was a button titled �Shayna�, she clicked on it to see something that was basically an �about me� page.
Although they gave her credit for not leaving college, they felt it was wrong of her to offset her college costs by moving in with Nick. They mentioned she must have quit her job to travel along beside Nick like she didn�t have a worry in the world. They cited her new car as a gift from Nick. She knew they didn�t know that for sure, they just assumed it but they did happen to be true in a way. She bought that car when she and Nick were still apart but he did pay it off in full since she quit her job to be with him.
She was even criticized for ruining many of Nick�s relationships. Although, she was given a bit of credit for finally getting rid of Willa. She couldn�t believe they felt she broke up Nick and Lexi. For whatever reason, they liked her and thought she was better for Nick than Shayna. They said Nick had left her for what had to be a good reason and she kept coming around trying to hang on. It wasn�t fair to Nick, she was holding him back.
Case in point, Chloe Grant. It was funny, these girls always thought Nick�s girlfriends used him but they wanted Nick to do exactly that to Chloe. As they said, Chloe was legitimate talent with connections and she could help Nick. More soundtrack songs could come his way and maybe even some movie roles. Not to mentioned the fact that being in a high profile relationship would give Nick more credibility with magazines and other celebrities.
She clicked on �pictures� and there were pictures of her in Philadelphia with a hand full of bags. They totally distorted things. There was another picture of her standing off to the side waiting for Nick while he was signing autographs for the fans. The caption read �The mother bird watching over her child.� Ok, so she didn�t know she was supposed to be like Kristin and Leighanne and just wait for Nick up in the room all the time. It never entered her mind. She and Nick were walking together and she waited for him, it was no big deal.
Not all of the pictures of her were supposed �evidence� of why she was no good for Nick. Some were just pictures of her for everyone to see. It was like she was on the most wanted list and they wanted to make sure everyone was on the look out for the felon.
Then there was the �encounter� page where people wrote in about their experiences with Shayna. She couldn�t believe all the lies. She had never been anything but nice to all those girls. Never once had she yelled at anyone and she always answered their questions. How could these girls be such liars? Why were they wasting their time trying to make her look so bad?
It was all so tiring that she actually fell asleep but she was brought back to consciousness by someone�s touch. She quickly jumped, her heart racing.
�Relax, relax. Its just me.� Nick leaned down and kissed her on her neck,
�Feel good?� He kept running his finger over her clit. She licked her lips and closed her eyes,
�Yes.� She whispered as she spread her legs even more.
She forgot after she threw her underwear at Nick she never did put them back on. That was why it was so easy for him touch her so while she was asleep.
He removed his hand and groaned.
�Come on, let�s go to bed and really do it right.� She stood up and followed him. Having forgotten about her anti-fan club.
